LDC, Leadership Development Camp, is a camp organized by the Year 5 Primers for the Year 2 BB Boys. This camp spanned over 4 days and 3 nights, comprising of programmes such as first aid lessons, leadership lessons, drill, and even a 2 day 1 night adventure element! This camp really is a camp like no other.
The beginning... reporting, consent forms, pasar malam, etc.
Getting in the LDC mood...
Now that the formal introduction is over, here’s more about the camp. The camp started off with a bag check, room cleaning and standardization, carried out by Gabriel, Brian, the Officers and me. I must admit, this activity was pretty intense, demanding a certain level of discipline from the Boys. It may not have started out very well, but the Boys really came together, united as 1 cohort and improved tremendously over the short 2 hours, starting to find a unity like no other.
(Left) Lydia Chuah gives the briefing!
(Right) Brian...meditates
Dean sees food.... and so does Joshua.
Woah handsome! Woah chio!
Following that, the time finally came for us to embark on the much anticipated HIKE! This was a hike involving a walking section and as well as a biking section. The various groups started off at east coast park, following which was an approximately 18km hike around the east side of Singapore. A night stop was taken at pasir ris park, where the Boys and Primers camped at in basha/dome tents. The hike finally concluded with a 30km biking section starting and ending at the park. All of us were pretty excited, especially the adventure committee who put in oh so much effort into the planning of this hike. The effort they put into the hike is really really extremely supercalifragilisticexpialidociously commendable. Many hours were sacrificed during the planning stages of the camp, many of which went on unacknowledged. But in the end, the hike turned out to be one like no other (in a positive way of course haha).
A prayer before we depart...
(Left) Joshua Chee and Genevieve think you guys should hurry up..
(Bottom right) Oh no! Is Adi lost?!?! :O
(Top right )And er...Hi Debbie! Are you going to sing for us?
(Bottom right) Oh no! Is Adi lost?!?! :O
(Top right )And er...Hi Debbie! Are you going to sing for us?
(Left) Alex tells another lame joke
(Right) Genevieve and Alison's bonding time <3
(Right) Genevieve and Alison's bonding time <3
HI PRIMER PEA!! AND YONG JIAN!!
Jun Jian: A hungry Boy..
Justin Kwok: A handworking Boy..
This hike was a time for the Boys to be assessed on their adventure skills, the criteria for their adventure stage 2 badges. They were assessed on outdoor cooking, knot tying, basha tent pitching and of course, their navigational skills. The hike was long and tiring, but it was a good time for the Year 2s and 5s to get to know one another over the long duration of the hike. I think all of the year 5s took the initiative to know the Boys a little better, bridging the gap between junior and senior with friendship. I guess this is really what BB is about. BB is more than a CCA, but a community like no other, a family of Boys, Primers and Officers all under 1 organization.
Group 10!! (I think. And I was in this group LOL)
After the long hike, both cohorts had some rest time participating in some much less physical and taxing activities. The year 2s had a leadership and first aid talk while the year 5s had… (wait for it)… (just a little longer)… STUDY TIME!!!!!! BB is really awesome and all, and a camp was a great break from all that was going on in IB life, BUT the reality of life still could not be escaped. It really brings new meaning to the closing line of an all too familiar poem, “I get down on my knees and do what must be done, and kiss Achilles’ hand, the killer of my son”. ‘Achilles’ being IB work, and ‘my son’ being… oh well I’ll leave you all to interpret it on your own. Sorry ima just an eselle student. Haha it was a siesta like no other.
No leaning on the railing!!!
The camp gathered together once again for dinner, where we finally could “dine in paradise”. Following which was probably the most exciting and elaborate games our cohort embarked on. Zombie night games! Admittedly, it was a game like no other. Primers who weren’t group leaders dressed up and painted themselves as zombies,some placed in stations, while some roamed around for the sole purpose of giving candy to the groups as a treat. YEAH RIGHT even if zombies gave candies, they’d be like eyeball marshmallows with brain juice or something like that. The zombies were around to (obviously) scare the groups. This was a time to give the Boys some thrill and some kinds of the fun during night games. However, at the end of the games, we realized that a certain group of Primers, let’s call them the xx group, were actually the ones who were scared. The game involved the xx Primers to bring the year 2 groups around from station to station, playing the respective station games, with occasional forfeits given at random times of the games should a group be caught by a special zombie. The game finally ended after a good 2 hours of scares, screams and laughter. Seriously, the reaction of the xx Primers were just downright hilarious hahahahahahaha. But of course, after every game, clean up had to be done. Thankfully, packing up and clearing up the site of the game didn’t take that long. The most difficult part of the games (for me at least) was actually when the zombies had to clean themselves of the paint and other erm.. materials we used to dress ourselves up. It was excruciating but hilarious at the same time haha…
Jeanette no likey zombies!
Behind the scenes: The making of zombiessss
The next day wasn’t very tiring for the year 5s since we had school up till 3.45pm that day. So I guess school was a good break from all the camp-y stuff for us year 5s. After rejoining camp, we had a short time of games which involved playing simple games, all of which was integrated into a ‘capture the flag’ gameplay concept.
After the game, there was dinner, and following which was a short time of worship and then a message by Mr Charles Ng. I think that that session was a good time of reflecting for the whole camp. The worship session reminded us to look to God no matter what the circumstance and that God really was such a big part of the camp, which could never have been carried out without His awesome grace and guidance. Haha, gg. ANYWAY, it was a pretty emotional time for some people and I think God touched some hearts during that short 1.5ish hours.
And after that came…… NIGHT SPECIAL!!! Which has proven to be the most ridiculous and nonsensical part of any camp. The groups took turns to put up short skits relevant to the theme of Christ-likeness. I must say that the year 2s’ skits were extremely creative and hilarious, but I shall be biased and say that the Primers one was still the most epic one, almost reaching the standard of our seniors’ night specials back in the day. All in all, the last night of the camp was indeed a great one. Supper and wash up time was left for the night, following which was a time of crashingoursleepingbags like no other for the Primers.
The bromance begins...
And the bromance continues...
Presenting: THE PRIMERS SKIT!!
*DRUM ROLL*
*DRUM ROLL*
"look at me. Look At Me! LOOK AT MEEEEEE!!!"
1129 words later, and we’re at day 4, the last day of the camp. Just like day 3, the Primers had classes from 8am till 3pm. I can’t really say what happened after the Primers rejoined the camp as I was sleeping in one of the rooms. HEY DON’T JUDGE ME I was feeling a little unwell and I mean, even superman needs sleep sometime aye? :P ok ANYWAY the camp ended off with a time of worship led by the Year 3s who were also closing their LTC which ran concurrently with LDC. Very rarely do we have inter cohort CE related stuff during BB parades/camps, but this combined Year 2, 3, 5 worship session was really a session like no other. After the singing, all 3 cohorts went around praying for each other. I can go on and on and never stop talking which I think I am extremely capable of which I will do in the next section of the blogpost muahahahahaha BUT long story short, this session showed all 3 cohorts the importance of being united not just with our cohort mates, not just with our juniors, but with the rest of the company as well, because we all are part of this big BB body of Christ, of which God is the head. Unity throughout the body is indeed essential in any Christian organization.
The camp finally ended with flag lowering, and a camwhoring photo taking session. So many things happened, both good&bad, blood, sweat and tears were shed, but THE CAMP DID NOT END THERE!!! Haha gotcha all yal thought I was gonna end with that epic cool line of blood sweat and tears and yeah ok moving on. What the camp ended with was a mini birthday celebration for our awesome year 5 officer in charge, Mr. Caleb Lin. Mr. Lin is a new OIC figure to not only the new Primers, but for us old Boys as well. But well, there was never a time where he was not an awesome officer, senior and friend to us year 5s (which I shall elaborate more in the next part of the blogpost hehe). It is kind of a tradition for us to celebrate the birthdays of our OICs during the camps we organize hahaha :P But the mini celebration was really one which Mr. Lin deserved, after all the hard work he put into the cohort. I think this extends to our other officers as well. They do not get paid, they get no recognition in their CV or anything, but still they sacrifice time and energy to serve our cohort. Round of applause for them!
Mr Caleb Lin's blushing! AWW :#)
Mr Elliot Ng: "This is my hand. You make way for it"
Many things happened, both good&bad, blood, sweat and tears were shed, time and energy was spent, limits were pushed, new skills were found. 3 days and 2 nights later, I’m sure everyone managed to take something away from the camp. AND SO the camp ends.
And let us not forget our dear officers, for their contributions, sacrifices and love toward us all! <3
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That was a run-through of the programmes of LDC. Now is for some thoughts about LDC, for me personally. To be honest, I wasn’t really looking forward to LDC. The week preceeding LDC was probably the most tiring week of my life. I slept a total of 8 hours from Monday till Friday before the camp, spending time after school and 3-4 hours every night helping my friends with their math ports. It was difficult squeezing time in for my other subjects and my own math ports, and a lot more tiring just sitting down to do them. But it was not being drained by work which caused my unexcitedness. But from the night after precamp, the reality of me needing to discipline the year 2s during LDC started to be harder and harder to face as LDC drew near. For those of you who don’t know, I was the Year 1 Coordinator last year. In short, I was put in charge of the year 1 programme with Brian and some other guy called Hao Yi. As such, all the planning for the sec 1s (then) developed in me this love for them. But being put in charge of their programme means being responsible for their development. Of course, this was a responsibility shared by the entire cohort of seniors, but being the Y1C, I’d have more time with them, which meant that I’d naturally have more time to guide their development. As time passed by, this guy called Hao Yi and I became the main disciplinarians for the sec 1s (then). During their first camp, the Target Award (TA) camp, Hao Yi and I cam down quite hard on them, setting the discipline standard pretty high. But shouting at them really was such a difficult thing for us to do. I still remember at the end of day 1, both of us were just so tired out and exhausted from the camp. But more than the tiredness, we had this pain in our hearts from needing to discipline our juniors so much. It’s a really really shitty feeling to have to shout at your juniors. This camp was in March. There was a hike in august, in which us seniors felt that we had to raise the juniors’ discipline standard. That whole shitty feeling of disciplining the juniors came back to me. I really do hope it’s a feeling that none of you have to experience unless needed to. However, the time from that hike all the way till LDC was quite a relax time for both cohorts, since us yr 5s had POP and PLC. And as such, the role of a disciplinarian was able to lay dormant in me. But during precamp, when I started to realized that this role had to come back for LDC, the whole crappy feeling inside surfaced again. And the days preceding LDC really was a difficult time of preparation for me.
Bernard and Jun Jian are all smiles at seeing Jun Kiat wipe his nose and Leon stone hurhurhur
I’m not sure how many of the yr 5s saw, but when the camp started till before hike, Gabriel and I were quite strict with the yr 2s, shouting at them and punishing them a fair bit. Every shout I gave, every ‘knock it down’, caused me to hurt so much inside. When away from the yr 2s during that morning, I kept asking Gabriel and the officers present if I was being too mean, or being too nice, or if I was doing something wrong. It was just the insecurity brought about by not knowing if I was doing the right thing or not. During camps, day 1 is always the most hardcore, the one with the highest discipline, and being the day IC, I had to be the main person to bring out the discipline aspect of the camp. I was talking to Noel a couple of days before camp, and I was telling him that I really wasn’t looking forward to being the day 1 IC. He told me that he understands that it requires a lot of sacrifice and it isn’t an easy role to take on, but he felt (and I think the other old Boys share the same sentiments as well) that given my experience with the yr 2s least year, I was the best person to be day 1 IC. And so , I started to prepare myself. But oh man, I never thought it’d be that hard. I knew it was gonna be a difficult time, but I never thought it’d be that hard. My whole point in sharing all this is really to let whoever’s reading this that disciplining the yr 2s is really not something we wanna do. We would like to run away from it as much as possible actually, but some things do have to be done, and the development of the yr 2s are one of the main priorities of the camp. In the bible, it says that God disciplines those He loves, and I guess it works the same for us disciplinarians and the yr 2s. we discipline them because we love them. And I speak for all those who shouted at the yr 2s during LDC, both Primers and Officers.
Fun times ~
Mr. Charles Ng asking us to go around asking for forgiveness from people we’ve wronged on night 3 after his message was something I needed. Forgiveness from the yr 2s was something I needed to ask. I need not receive it from them, but letting them know that I, and all the other disciplinarians, really hate to discipline them and that we’re sorry for having needed to do so was something I needed to get off my chest. While I prayed for the yr 2s as a whole, I was really trying to keep all the tears in, and I guess I managed too haha. But later on, the crappiness built up within me from having to shout at them so much just came flowing out, like literally. I haven’t cried like that in a long long time. Ok all you old Boys know that I’m a really emotional guy and all by nature (I shall not elaborate on the details :P), but that night was really something I’ve never felt before. The events of that night really showed me that love isn’t easy. Loving someone takes sacrifice, and sometimes it means making difficult decisions, such as disciplining the yr 2s. We never should look to the immediate future, and focus on what is right there before us, but rather we need to look beyond the present and into the future, and see the importance of everything we’re doing. This doesn’t just apply to BB stuff, but for almost everything in life. Present sufferings mean nothing when compared to the reward that God has prepared for us in the future. For me, I was looking into the future, hoping to see a bonded group of juniors, having a unity and a bond so unbreakable that nothing will shake them. I hope to see a cohort serving God TOGETHER as ONE. And that was what kept me going. I really pray that everyone of you who are reading this will never look only at present sufferings, but try to see the bigger picture as to why things happen. And also, I guess being a senior in BB helped me understand why our parents scold us. They do so cause they love us, cause they want to see us grow up into fine young ladies and gentlemen. Yes, it might be hard at times to see why they shout at us for the smallest of things, but really, I say in all honesty that they do so out of love. Our parents raised us from when we were a young kid, our moms bore us, and our dads try to hard to raise money to give us the best life ever. And they do it all out of love. I pray that all of us would think twice next time we think poorly of our parents, or try to be defiant to them. Think about the pain they’re feeling inside every time they have to shout at you or ground you. If disciplining my juniors was so painful for me already, I really can’t imagine how difficult it is for our parents to discipline their beloved children.
2 Primer bobettes and 2 Primer bobs
Something else this camp reminded me off was actually how much we needa look out for our friends. The camp didn’t start off very well for us yr 5s, for the reason that so many ppl were on MC or were feeling unwell, or were already sick, or just filled with stress. Simply put, the mental state of the yr 5s wasn’t doing too well. On night 1, the number of people feeling unwell increased, and the yr 5s were all feeling so stressed/upset/sianned/tired out by then already. Though I wasn’t feeling too well also, I just couldn’t sit by the side and watch everyone slowly burn out. As such, being the day IC, I asked everyone to sleep ASAP. I talked to the yr 5s 1 by 1, trying to solve all the administrative problems they were facing, and then chased all of them to sleep. It was quite sad to see so many yr 5s in such a dead zombie state (hurhur foreshadowing of night 2 games :P). My point in saying all this is not to boast, but to actually do the total opposite. I’m saying all this to actually compliment others! Because for the rest of the camp, it was extremely heartwarming to see all the yr 2s and 5s looking out for each other, asking each other how they’re feeling, if they’re unwell, if they needa rest etc. Love is something which can’t not spread. “It only takes a spark to get a fire going.” I’m sure everyone knows this song. And this line is ever so true. All it takes is for someone to show that small bit of affection, and it’ll spread like wildfire o everyone else. In the end, I wasn’t the one looking out for others, it was so so so many other people looking after me. There would be Dorothy and Jeanette always bugging me to just sit down and rest, asking how I was. Noel would make me sleep every night as early as I could. Then there was Jian Rong who helped me with my math port despite still having to do his, just so that I could get more sleep. Daryl would sms me some encouragement, constantly asking if I was alright and if he could help in any way. All these small things really make BB what it is today. Love.
No other school organization has such a community of people. Love is something which can spread so easily and have such a great impact if we are willing to make that extra effort. Many of you HAVE taken the first step to loving others during LDC, be it to the yr 5s or to the yr 2s. but I encourage you all and hope that all this would actually continue on to beyond LDC, that you all would continue to show love to the community around you. Your classes, schoolmates, relatives and especially our families. Take the extra effort, because not much is needed to put a smile on someone else’s face J and on a more personal note, I’m really very touched by the care you all showed me during the camp when I was exhausted and feeling unwell. It was all your love and encouragement which kept me going. Really, thank you all J
On a more spiritual note, due to all the last minute stuffs on day 1, worship had to be pushed back by quite a bit. There wasn’t any time for prayer or to go through the devotional material. Which honestly, is nothing wrong because last minute stuff do always crop up during camps, it’s inevitable in the ever changing nature of this world. BUT it was really great to know that the small pockets of yr 5s were praying together on their own before sleeping. I think that even though we could not meet up to pray together as a cohort, what matters is really the heart of prayer, our intention of praying, which ultimately was still carried out. It was really great to see that despite all the obstacles placed before us, the yr 5s still found a way around it and kept God a part of the camp nonetheless.
However, I wanna focus a bit more about the events of night 3, more specifically, Mr. Charles Ng’s message. His message really encapsulated what having ‘the same love’ means and the importance of forgiveness. The same love can really only be Jesus Christ. It is when we’re united in love through Christ the Head of our company that we’ll be bonded together as 1 cohort, and the same goes for the yr 2s.
Later on in the night, during the time of prayer we all had, it was very evident that God was in the room, working in the hearts of everyone. Why do I say so? So openly asking for forgiveness from people isn’t an easy thing to do. Courage and trusting in God that everything will be alright is needed. And I think that those qualities were present in the hearts of the yr 2s especially. Seeing them going around to confess and forgive their peers was especially meaningful for me, after seeing them grow so much. For me personally, I’m glad that I finally had the courage to ask for forgiveness from the yr 2s and that I received forgiveness from some of them. Asking for forgiveness isn’t just to allow you to have a clean sheet, but it is about humbling yourself, putting down your pride to seek forgiveness. Seeking for forgiveness must come with humility. And it was just absolutely great to see all the yr 2s humbling themselves before their peers.
Another amazing sight was that of the last worship session of the camp, when everyone was praying for everyone. During this prayer session, I didn’t really go around praying for people. I was actually just looking around, and thanking God for everything that’s happening. It started off with a sea of blue and white, but as the time passed, the blue and white slowly started to mix. It was absolutely wonderful and heart warming to see seniors praying for juniors, and juniors praying for seniors, and even strangers praying for strangers. Not many of the yr 2s and yr 5s interact with the yr 3s. But it was great to see that that didn’t stop them from praying for each other. I think that that short 15-20mins showed everyone in the LT that day the importance and power of prayer. I do hope that this inter cohort love would last even beyond LDC/LTC, because though we’re separated by our ages, we’re still all part of 12th Coy. We must never forget that we are ONE company. “Let us be ONE VOICE that GLORIFIES Your Name”.
And to close this extremely short :& (sarcastic smiley) blogpost. I’d like to thank everyone for all their contributions to LDC. I know it was a difficult time of planning and executing the programmes, especially for the exco. With all the last minute changes in demand and supply of the community, demand referring to what certain people wanted which led to the change in programme 15 times and supply referring to the manpower available during the camp, it was very difficult for us to adapt, but we did! But we all know that results can only come from extra effort. I guess adapting to the ever changing nature of LDC did take a lot of extra effort. No contribution is too small, cause the camp wouldn’t have gone on the way it did without it. And so, I’d like to take this time to thank each and every one of you for your contributions to LDC. As in I’m literally going to thank each and every one of you for your contributions to LDC. Please forgive me if I don’t properly acknowledge your contributions.
In no order of merits (actually it’s alphabetically arranged :P)
And now for the LDC exco
- Yong Jian
o Thanks for planning out all the drill sessions, thinking through what needs to be done for the yr 2s to train them up for their upcoming drill exam. Haha I think that it’s great that you adapted to the changing schedule so quickly when drill was shortened and all. Also, I’d like to thank you for being a great senior to your group, especially during hike. You were really such a great example to the yr 2s especially. Pushing them adequately, staying at the back of the group so that you can watch out for them, but moving forward to guide them and encourage them when they were lost (in the literal and non-literal sense of the word haha). Though you’re new to BB this year, it’s really great to see you stepping up to be a role model for the yr 2s
- For the Drill committee
o Gabriel and Thaddaeus. Thanks for supporting Yong Jian in whatever ways you all did. I think as drill members, you all helped to maintain the discipline standards of both the yr 2s and 5s too, which was really great J Thanks for everything :D
- Peanut
o SUP PEANUT haha J you really put in so much effort into planning games. The games were really so well thought of, carefully planned. I’m sure it took you a lot of trouble and time to get them sorted out. Even on night 1 when our manpower got cut by like half, you managed to get stuff sorted out without much trouble, really awesome planning skills right there J but I think more than just the planning aspect, you were positive through out the camp even though so many last minute changes came about, and I guess your positivity kinda rubbed off on us, helping us to carry out our roles not only well, but happily too. Haha and it was great having someone as hyper as you there during the camp, it really encouraged me to stay alive and keep going during camp even though I felt like bleh-ing so many times haha. Greta job peanut
- For the Games committee
o Jeanette (vice), Sebby, Carolyn, Soph and Weng Shian. Haha I’m pretty sure that planning games with peanut was one heck of a fun experience hehe. Planning for the games and coming up with ideas probably was another great experience too J I think for all of you except for sebby and maybe weng shian, this might have been the first time planning for games during a camp. So many games and some on a rather large scale too, like the night games. But I’m glad yal had fun planning and executing them J The feeling of seeing everyone having fun during the games is great huh J I pray that You all will continue to serve BB in whatever ways you all can, big or small. For no matter the scale of service, it will definitely bring joy
- CK
o CK!!! Hehe personally, I don’t quite like logistics. It’s a pretty sian job to do, especially since your role only really kicks in like 1-2 weeks before the camp, where you’ll have to rush getting all the logs. BUT YOU DID AWESOMEEEEE!!! I don’t think there was any problem with logistics during the camp, and honestly, that doesn’t happen too often. More often than not, there will be some logistical problems during camps, but not this one my friend, not this one! And we have you to thank for coordinating them all. haha and even though I’ve only known you for about half a year now, it’s been really great having you around in BB. Even off BB when we sit at the koi pond talking bout random ideas for econs IAs *AHEM * hahaha :P I really love your positive attitude and your never ending happiness hahaha. Really such a joy to have you around. YOU THE BOMB :D
- Logistics Committee
o Pheng Hwee (vice), Aldo, Kylon, Leon and Josh Bea. It was really great seeing you all support CK during the moving of the logs, and organizing them too. I honestly find logs a pain in the youknowwhere, and I’m sure yal felt that way sometimes too :P But it’s great that none of you complained during LDC, but instead joyfully served in every small way you all could. Great job guys :D Keep up this attitude for the rest of your service in BB, and even after BB
- Adiman
o Aiya, like I have to say anything to you… as usual, great food, great retardedness from you during camp, need I say more? Haha! Ever since averylongtimeago, you have always just brought this retardedness into our cohort. I don’t quite know how to say it. You have the HAHAWHATTHEHECKADI effect to pretty much everything you do :P which is great man, never fails to make us laugh. haha but on a more serious note, I really respect how you enjoy serving BB in such a humbling post. Food IC isn’t the most glamorous or prestigious position out there, but camp after camp, you joyfully serve there without any complaints. Your humility and joy in service is really something we should learn from you, awesome stuff man
- Food Committee
o David (vice), Amanda, Dominic. Hahahaha I hope you all had a MEGA EPIC TIME with adi as your chairman :P Personally, I think food is like, one of the most important things in the camp. Unless Dorothy decided to have a 4 day fast. Yeah then, I guess no food HAHA. If BB were to have another pillar, I’d vote food hehe. I’d like to take this time now to thank david for helping us to jaga the yr 2s while we had lessons on Monday and Tuesday morning. Really man, thanks J anyway, good job, food com! The food during camp was really awesomely great ^^
- Dorothy
o WAZZUP GREENY XD haha you know, very honestly, I think that CE committees are the coolest la. Not being biased or anything, JUST SAYIN ^^v hehe. It’s really great to see you grow over the last 2-3 months of LDC. I think inside you know that you have changed too, for the bestter of course J your heart of service and the love you have for not only the sec 2s, the yr 5s, but for God is truly truly heartwarming J the amount of time and effort you give into praying for the camp is really admirable. God’s working something so great in you you’ll just stand awestruck when He reveals His plan for you one day, rest assured haha. But in the mean time, I’d just like to give you some encouragement. Even though life and schoolwork or whatever might seem super daunting at times, never ever forget the joy you have gained from serving Him and walking closely to Him
- CE Committee
o Jiahui (vice), Mark and Chee. The journey was pretty bumpy and uncertain at times and rushed at others. But it’s great that all of yal managed to support Dorothy and cooperate with her when she had work for yal to do J I think this is the first time all of yal are in a CE com for a camp. I hope that you all have learnt something about guiding the spiritual aspect of the camp a.k.a. the spiritual blueprint. I pray that you all would continue to be beacons of truth and light in your various areas of ministry. Be it in school, church, BB, other CCAs wherever. Guide people through the spiritual blueprint of the ministry
- Zenny
o ZENNY!!! Our one and only genuine pao/fish face hehe. What to say, welfare for LDC went super well. Night special, the shirt, the booklet, all fantastic. ok LDC planning aside, HAHA YOU ARE SUCH A SUCH A RETARD, even when you were so tired out on night 1. WHICH IS GREAT by the way! Haha you never fail to put a smile on our faces by your epicness. The effort you put into the camp really was evident. You might not think that it’s much, but to God, service and sacrifice is service and sacrifice. He sees all and acknowledges all. I pray that you’ll continue to serve God even after this LDC. Be it in church, class, BB, wherever you go. GO BE THE MEGA EPIC LIGHT TO THE WORLD
- Welfare committee
o Gen (vice), Nguyen, Daryl, Carissa, Audrey, Nic. WAZZUP MA HOMIES! Welfare com veh fun right ^^ planning shirt, night special etc. fun stuff fun stuff haha! But welfare com aside, it was really encouraging to see you all serving in OTHER AREAS of the camp. Some people will tell themselves that “ok I’m in welfare, I’ll stick to welfare”. But NO you all were a lot awesomer than that and really tried your best to serve in other aspects of the camp. Gen, being a supportive vice to Zenn. Carissa, trying so hard to come for camp even though you were sick. Daryl, looking out for other people. Audrey, being a pretty dam scary zombie, if I might say so haha. Etc. all of these small little things which you all do are really what makes your service in BB meaningful. Why? Because unknowingly, you would’ve helped/encouraged someone with those acts. Well, they encouraged me at least! SO GOOD JOB PEOPLE :D
- Lydia
o You are one heckofa superwoman, ya know? Really haha, the amount of effort you put into adventure for LDC could only come from superwoman herself. And I should know, since I’m superman ^^v haha ok but seriously, I really really respect you for all that you did for LDC. I know times might have been hard, and sometimes the stress is beyond back breaking, but hey, you pulled through despite all the ups and downs and downs haha. Even when last minute uncontrollable changes were made, you stayed strong and found a way out for everyone. that’s some skill right there, my friend J But as you look back and (probably already have) reflect on the whole journey, I pray that you see that it was really all of God’s doing. It was Him who gave you the ups, it was He who gave you the downs, and it was most definitely Him who gave you the strength to overcome all of them. My prayer for you is that you’ll use that buff adventurous spirit of yours to expand God’s kingdom and to serve him in wherever He may call you to J God bless Lydia, and really, awesome job for LDC.
- Adventure Com
o Justin (vice), Alex, Dean, Duc and Debbie. I think you all were probably the most overworked committee in the whole LDC haha. And really, you all did a FANTASTIC FANTASTIC JOB! really really, good job guys, you all deserve a great big round of applause (ok I really clapped for yal :D). I think that through this experience, you all have learnt that even though a heck a lot of last minute stuff might pop up, God will always provide even more ways out, all you gotta do is believe J and faith is really all that’s needed to move mountains. Never never forget this experience guys. Keep what you all have learnt in your hearts, and years down the road, you’ll find that they are what will continue to help you in life J Take time to thank God guys, for He really was such a faithful God to us during adventure. Once again, great job guys.
- Aaron
o Wazzupppppppp hahahaha. 15 versions of the programme. That’s madness man, pure insanity. But aren’t we all XD I’m sure it was pretty annoying at times when you had to change the programme for whatever reason, haha I know how it feels, been there done that. BUT I think you did a pretty awesome job for LDC J the programmes were well arranged, and put together with love and affection from ron-ron J haha ok but seriously, I think it’s great to see you serving in LDC, stepping up to a position which you never really had before. All the sleepless nights, not to mention all the stress caused by this, I’m sure it was difficult at times. And you even fell sick right before LDC. BUT, the moral of the story? God will make a way, when there seems to be no way. With love and strength for each new day, He WILL make a way :D never forget just how powerful God is and just how loving and perfect His ways are! you’ve grown so much through this LDC experience, and I just know that God’s plans for you aint gonna stop here haha :D
- FONNEH
o Haha fonny fonny fonny. HELLOOOOO haha. Feels good huh, holding all the money, or at least given the title of being the treasurer. Like a pirate. Just not evil and stealing other people’s things aiya you get the point :P I think LDC is the first time you were given such a post in planning for a camp aye? Pretty sure it was a good learning and growing experience for you, and you were such a great group mate :D haha you are just mega retarded! That’s a compliment by the way hehe :D your little antics and randomness (like what the heck is a man-kitten hahahahaha) are really what makes you so special to us haha, there’s really no one else like you. I admire the individuality you have, being able to express yourself so freely. I think it’s really great :D Always remember who created you aye? The lord of all creation formed you from before you were even conceived and planned everything which had happen, is happening, and will happen to you from the beginning of time! That’s how awesome His plans are. I pray that you’ll take this encouragement, and claim the promise He gave you that He’ll never leave you nor forsake you! He never left you during the whole LDC period, and I’m sure He’ll never leave you ever.
- Celine
o Very honestly, your camp position is the first one which I’ll runaway from, cause it sounds veh administrative, and me no really like admin work haha. BUT YOU on the other hand did a really great job as the secretary of LDC. I don’t think there were many problems at all, if any actually :D you served with a willing heart, not complaining at all along the way. God sees these things, and He WILL reward you in one way or another :D even though LDC is over, I hope that you’ll continue to serve God wherever He may call you to. Be it in BB, in school, in your class, in touch rug, in church wherever it may be, continue to serve Him with the right heart of service :D
- Brian
o SUP BRIAN (you thought I’d say SUP something else right hahahaha NOT TODAY BRO, NOT TODAY)! I think you’ll agree with me that planning for LDC was pretty different from planning TA. Same same, but very different too. And from this I hope that you’ve learnt that though life changes, God will always still remain faithful and bring you through whatever. We had problems planning TA, but God provided (remember how I got that sudden burst of energy on night 2 of TA? Hahaha). Similarly, I’m sure you encountered problems while planning for LDC too, BUT… God provided. SEE GOD WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE FOR YOU :D never ever forget that!
- JIAN RONGGGGG
o Haha bossssssss! I still remember when we were sitting in the admin room while I was erm, having band, and Mr. Lin suddenly asked, “so jian rong, do you want to be the chair of LDC?” and I remember you were like “HUH O.O huh what? Huh? No no no err I don’t think so.” Then he told you to go home and think about it and hey whaddya know, you said yes! I WAS SO SO SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ACCEPTED :D it is a very very new post to you, and I’m sure you were very unsure when you first started LDC and all, not knowing where to even start haha. BUT NEVERTHELESS, you got through it like a strong and confident woman (Y). I hope that you’ll remember all that you’ve learnt from LDC and continue to apply them in your life, and well, even though there were times of uncertainty and stress while planning for LDC (like I only got 1 nonsense youtube video from you during the whole planning process), God stayed faithful to you J always remember that even though sometimes God might put you in situations which may make you uncomfortable, or in positions which might make you scared, He’ll always provide a way out for you J and will be carrying you through the whole journey. awesome job for LDC boss
LDC Chairman: Chua Jian Rong!
AND WITH THAT, this LDC blogpost will end here. Shalom.
~Written by:
Clt/5 Michael Wong
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may exult in you.
For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover him with favor as with a shield.
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